JP2001216540A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a non-contact automatic ticket examination machine which easily controls the opening/closing operation of a flapper and accurately and quickly perform ticket examination processing. SOLUTION: An antenna part 310 which transmits and receives data to and from a radio card 200 where ticket examination information such as a riding section is provided on an upper part of front 302 of a non-contact automatic ticket examination machine 300. Ticket examination information which the antenna part 310 has received from the radio card 200 by radio is inputted from this antenna part 310 to a control part 340. The control part 340 controls the opening/closing operation of a flapper 130 to prevent an illegal trespasser from passing a passage T on the basis of this ticket examination information and a detection signal sent from a photoelectric sensor g1 constituting a sensor part 320.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a non-contact automatic ticket gate that performs automatic ticket inspection using a recording medium such as an IC card that can be transmitted wirelessly.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Automatic ticket gates are installed at station ticket gates and the like for the purpose of labor saving. This automatic ticket gate is provided with a slot into which a ticket storing magnetic data such as fee information is inserted, a magnetic data reader for reading magnetic data of the inserted ticket, and a passerby passing a passage of the automatic ticket gate. A sensor that detects whether or not the vehicle has passed, a flapper (door) that opens and closes the passage, a control unit that opens and closes the flapper according to the reading result of the magnetic data reading unit, and a ticket via the magnetic data reading unit And a take-out port from which is discharged. For example, when using a commuter pass to pass this kind of automatic ticket gate, a passerby first takes out the commuter pass from the commuter pass holder and puts the taken out commuter pass into the slot of the automatic ticket gate. Then, after passing through the passage of the automatic ticket gate, the passerby needs to perform a complicated operation such as receiving the commuter pass discharged from the exit of the automatic ticket gate and storing it in the commuter pass. When each of the passers using the automatic ticket gate performs such an operation, the flow of the passers passing through the automatic ticket gate is delayed. In particular, congestion near automatic ticket gates during rush hours has become a serious problem these days. In light of this situation, ICs have been designed to improve the operability and reduce congestion of passers-by using automatic ticket gates.
There has been proposed the installation of a so-called non-contact automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as a non-contact automatic ticket gate) which performs an automatic ticket gate processing using a wireless card constituted by a card or the like instead of a commuter pass. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 100. Non-contact automatic ticket gate 100
An antenna unit 110 having a wireless communication function, a sensor unit 120 for detecting a pedestrian passing through the non-contact automatic ticket gate 100, and a flapper 130 for opening or closing the passage T
And a control unit 140 for controlling the opening and closing operation of the flapper 130
And Passers using the non-contact automatic ticket gate 100 do not use a conventional magnetic card (for example, a magnetic ticket in which ticket information such as a boarding section and an expiration date is written), but use an IC card or the like. The configured wireless card 200 is used. This wireless card 200
A card control unit for controlling the overall control of the wireless card 200, and a memory unit for storing a control program of the card control unit, an ID code, adult / child distinction, a boarding section, an expiration date, etc. (hereinafter referred to as ticket gate information). , Non-contact automatic ticket gate 1
00 antenna unit 110 and a card antenna unit for transmitting and receiving data via wireless communication. A passer-by carrying the wireless card 200 having such a configuration can send the wireless card 20 to the antenna unit 110 of the contactless automatic ticket gate 100.
Passing is possible only by holding (presenting) 0. That is, the operation of inserting a commuter pass into the slot of the automatic ticket gate, which is necessary when passing through the automatic ticket gate using the conventional magnetic card, and receiving the commuter ticket discharged from the exit of the automatic ticket gate. The operation and the like can be omitted. As described above, by introducing the non-contact type automatic ticket gate 100 that can greatly reduce the burden on passers-by passing the automatic ticket gate (commuter pass insertion operation, etc.), traffic passing through the automatic ticket gate can be achieved. It is possible to make the flow of the person smooth.

[0003]

Incidentally, the non-contact automatic ticket gate 100 is provided with a flapper 130 for blocking or releasing the passage T. This flapper 130
Is provided to prevent a passerby who does not own the wireless card 200 or a passerby who owns the wireless card 200 that cannot be used due to expiration or the like (hereinafter referred to as an illegal intruder) from passing through the passage T. is there. The opening / closing operation of the flapper 130, that is, whether to block or release the passage T, is controlled by the control unit 140, but the control of the flapper 130 is very complicated. The cause of the complicated control of the flapper 130 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 7, h1 to h
Reference numeral 6 denotes a photoelectric sensor included in the sensor unit 120. Each of the photoelectric sensors h1 to h6 emits light (not shown).
Each of the photoelectric sensors h1 to h6 detects a passing state or the like of the passerby when the emitted light is blocked by the passerby. The control unit 140 controls the opening / closing operation of the flapper 130 based on the ticket inspection information of the wireless card 200 input via the antenna unit 110 and the detection signals supplied from the photoelectric sensors h1 to h6 constituting the sensor unit 120. I do. Here, as shown in FIG.
Antenna unit 1 installed on the right side of the upper surface 101
Before holding the wireless card 200 over 10, the bag owned by the passer-by A may block the photoelectric sensors h1 and h2. In such a case, that is, before a passerby who is not a trespasser holds the wireless card 200 over the antenna unit 110,
If the bag blocks the photoelectric sensors h1 and h2 and closes the flapper 130 and blocks the path T, the non-contact method is the same as in the case of the above-mentioned automatic ticket gate using a magnetic ticket. The flow of passers-by passing through the automatic ticket gate 200 is delayed. Accordingly, the control unit 140 determines whether an unauthorized intruder is passing through the passage T or whether a bag or the like is simply blocking the photoelectric sensor as shown in FIG. It was necessary to control the opening and closing operation. In other words, when the trespasser is passing through the passage T, the flapper 130 is closed, and the bag of the passerby simply blocks the photoelectric sensors (the photoelectric sensors h1 and h2 in the example shown in FIG. 7). In such a case, it was necessary to control the flapper 130 to open. As a condition for the control unit 140 to determine that the illegal intrusion has occurred, the condition that the ticket inspection information of the wireless card 200 has not been input from the antenna unit 110, for example, as shown in FIG.
A detection signal indicating that the sensor has been interrupted is output from any of the photoelectric sensors h1 to h3, or a detection signal indicating that the sensor has been interrupted is output from any of the photoelectric sensors h1 and h2. And the time during which the sensor is blocked exceeds a predetermined time. As described above, in order for the control unit 140 of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 100 to control the opening / closing operation of the flapper 130, it is necessary to consider conditions such as whether or not the traffic is illegal. The control system of 100 was complicated. The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and can easily control the opening and closing operation of the flapper,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a non-contact automatic ticket gate that can perform a ticket inspection process accurately and quickly.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, an automatic ticket gate according to claim 1 transmits and receives ticket gate information to and from a recording medium having a wireless communication function via wireless communication. An antenna unit, a sensor unit that detects a traffic condition of a ticket gate passage, and outputs a detection result to a control unit; a ticket inspection information received by the antenna unit; and a ticket inspection system based on the detection result output from the sensor unit. An automatic ticket gate having a control unit for determining whether to release or block a passage, and a passage state control unit for releasing or blocking a passage according to a determination result of the control unit, wherein the automatic ticket gate is used. The antenna unit is provided on a surface facing a direction of entry of a passerby.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below to make the present invention easier to understand. Such an embodiment shows one aspect of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention, and can be arbitrarily changed within the scope of the present invention.

A. First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a contactless automatic ticket gate 300 according to the present embodiment. This non-contact automatic ticket gate 300
Is a non-contact automatic ticket gate in which the position of the antenna unit 110 provided in the non-contact automatic ticket gate 100 shown in FIG. 6 is changed. The antenna units provided in each of the non-contact automatic ticket gates 100 and 300 will be described in detail.
Is installed on the right side of the upper surface 101 of the contactless automatic ticket gate 100 in FIG. 1, while the antenna unit 310 shown in FIG.
Is the front surface of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300 (the surface facing the direction of entry of a pedestrian using the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300) 30
2 is installed at the top. The changes of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300 to the non-contact automatic ticket gate 100 shown in FIG.
The point of changing the position of the antenna section, the point of changing the number of optical sensors constituting the sensor section, the point of changing the control content of the control section for controlling the flapper, and the length of the non-contact automatic ticket gate in the longitudinal direction. It is a changed point. Other configurations are the same as those of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 100 shown in FIG. 6 described above, and therefore, corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The antenna section 310 exchanges data with the wireless card 200 in which ticket information is stored. Specifically, the antenna unit 310 is connected to the wireless card 200 via wireless communication.
Control section 340 while receiving the ticket inspection information stored in
The ticket gate information updated in (for example, the automatic ticket gate 30
The ticket information in which the date and time of using 0 has been rewritten) is transmitted to the wireless card 200 via wireless communication. As described above, the antenna unit 3 of the contactless automatic ticket gate 300 according to the present embodiment.
10 is installed on the upper part of the front surface 302 of the contactless automatic ticket gate 300. Therefore, the passerby carrying the wireless card 200 passes through the passage T after holding the wireless card 200 over the antenna section 310 just before the entrance. Therefore, for example, even when a passerby who owns a large bag (see FIG. 7) uses the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300, before the passerby holds the wireless card 200 over the antenna unit 310, Non-contact automatic ticket gate 30
The sensor unit 310 provided on the one side surface 303 of the “0” is not blocked.

The sensor section 320 is a group of sensors for detecting a passing state of a pedestrian, and includes four photoelectric sensors g1 to g4. Each of the photoelectric sensors g1 to g4 constituting the sensor unit 320 includes a non-contact automatic ticket gate 3
00 are attached at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of one side surface 303. Here, please refer to FIG. 7 again. The sensor unit 120 of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes six photoelectric sensors h1 to h6. In the photoelectric sensors h1 and h2 constituting the sensor unit 120 of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 100, light emitted by an illegal intruder passing through the passage T is blocked, and light is emitted simply by a passer's bag or the like. Light may be blocked.
For this reason, even when the photoelectric sensors h1 and h2 are interrupted, in order for the control unit 140 to determine that the illegal intrusion has occurred, a detection signal indicating that the sensor has been interrupted is output from the third photoelectric sensor h3. Conditions such as output were required.

However, in the contactless automatic ticket gate 300 according to the present embodiment, the passerby
Before passing over the antenna unit 310, the possession of the passerby (bag, coat, etc.) does not block the sensor unit 320.
Therefore, the control unit 340 can determine whether or not the illegal intruder is passing through the passage T based on whether or not a detection signal indicating that the sensor has been blocked is received from the photoelectric sensor h1 shown in FIG. That is, the photoelectric sensor h1 shown in FIG.
And h2 become unnecessary. Conventional non-contact automatic ticket gate 100
Since the photoelectric sensors h1 and h2 provided in the above are unnecessary, the sensor section 320 can be constituted by four photoelectric sensors g1 to g4 in the present embodiment.
As described above, since it is possible to accurately determine whether or not an illegal intruder is passing through the passage T with a small number of sensors, the length of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300 according to the present embodiment in the longitudinal direction is determined. L1 can be shorter than the longitudinal length L2 of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 100 shown in FIG. That is, the size of the non-contact automatic ticket gate body can be reduced.

The control unit 340 controls the contactless automatic ticket gate 3
00 as well as the opening and closing operation of the flapper 130 based on the ticket inspection information of the wireless card 200 input via the antenna unit 310 and the detection signals supplied from the photoelectric sensors g1 to g4 constituting the sensor unit 320. Control. As described above, the antenna unit 310 of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300 according to the present embodiment is installed at the upper part of the front surface 302, and before a passerby holds the wireless card 200 over the antenna unit 320, The property (bag, coat, etc.) does not block the sensor unit 320. For this reason, the control unit 340 of the contactless automatic ticket gate 300 according to the present embodiment.
If a detection signal indicating that the photoelectric sensor has been blocked is received from the sensor unit 320 before receiving ticket inspection information from the wireless card 200 via the antenna unit 310, an unauthorized intruder has passed through the passage T. And the flapper 13
Control for closing 0 is performed. That is, the control unit 340 in the present embodiment is a conventional non-contact automatic ticket gate (FIG. 1).
1), a trespasser can enter the passage T
It is not necessary to control whether the flapper 130 is opened or closed based on the result of the determination as to whether the photoelectric sensor has been blocked by the passerby A or the like.

As described above, by providing the antenna section 310 on the front surface 302 of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300, the opening / closing operation of the flapper 130 can be easily controlled, and further, the main body of the non-contact automatic ticket gate is reduced in size. can do. In the automatic ticket gate 300 according to the present embodiment, the antenna unit 310 is provided above the front surface 302 of the contactless automatic ticket gate 300 (the surface facing a passer who uses the contactless automatic ticket gate 300). Therefore, it is easy to use, for example, for short children. The fact that short children and the like are easy to use will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a wireless communicable area (hereinafter simply referred to as a wireless area) in an antenna section 310 of the contactless automatic ticket gate 300, and FIG. It is the figure which showed typically. As shown in FIG. 2, the wireless area of the antenna unit 310 extends in the vertical direction. For this reason, the passerby using the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300 is
Even a child who is shorter than the height h of 00 can easily hold the wireless card 200 over the antenna section 310. On the other hand, the wireless area of the antenna unit 110 shown in FIG. 3 extends in the left-right direction and does not extend downward. Therefore, the height h of the contactless automatic ticket gate 100
Even though children who are shorter than this carry a wireless card, they cannot use the contactless automatic ticket gate 100 because they cannot hold the wireless card 200 over the antenna section 110. Occurs. As is clear from the above description, by providing the antenna unit 310 on the upper part of the front surface 302 of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300, a short card such as a child, that is, the wireless card 200 in the conventional non-contact automatic ticket gate 100 can be used. Antenna unit 110
A person who could not use the non-contact automatic ticket gate because it was not able to hold it over can use the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300. Furthermore, since the antenna unit 310 is provided on the front surface of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300, that is, on the surface facing the traveling direction of a passer who uses the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300, the antenna unit 310 uses the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300. The passerby who performs
The position of 0 can be easily confirmed. Therefore, a passer-by using the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300 does not get lost in which position of the wireless card 200 should be held over the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300. Therefore, the contact type automatic ticket gate 20
The flow of passers-by passing through 0 does not stop for those who do not know where to place the wireless card 200 over the contactless automatic ticket gate 300. In the present embodiment, the front surface 302 of the non-contact automatic ticket gate 300 is used.
Although the antenna unit 310 is provided on the upper part, the invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, an antenna unit 311 may be provided on the entire front surface 302, and further, as shown in FIG. The inclined surface 304 may be provided, and the antenna unit 312 may be provided on the inclined surface 304.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention,
There is an effect that it is possible to provide a non-contact type automatic ticket gate that can easily control the opening and closing operation of the flapper and can perform the ticket inspection process accurately and quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a contactless automatic ticket gate 300 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a wireless communicable area of an antenna unit 310 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a wireless communicable area of a conventional antenna unit 110.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of an antenna unit 310.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of an antenna unit 310.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a conventional non-contact automatic ticket gate 300.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of use of a conventional contactless automatic ticket gate 300.

[Explanation of symbols]

300: Non-contact automatic ticket gate 310: Antenna unit 320: Sensor unit 330: Flapper 340: Control unit 200: Wireless card

Claims (1)

[Claims] An antenna unit for transmitting and receiving ticket information to and from a recording medium having a wireless communication function via wireless communication, and a sensor unit for detecting a traffic condition of a ticket gate passage and outputting a detection result to a control unit. And ticket control information received by the antenna unit, based on the detection result output from the sensor unit, based on the determination result of the control unit to determine whether to release or shut off the ticket gate passage, according to the determination result of the control unit, An automatic ticket gate provided with a passage state control unit for releasing or blocking a passage, wherein the antenna unit is provided on a surface facing a direction of entry of a passerby using the automatic ticket gate. And automatic ticket gate.